A look at the headlines right now:
- NGT tells Delhi government to prove odd-even scheme curbs pollution and is not just an inconvenience: Schools stayed shut in the city on Friday, as air quality was still in the ‘severe’ category.
- GST Council lowers tax rates on 177 goods, leaves only 50 items under 28% slab: Chocolate, chewing gum, aftershave, beauty products, powder, detergent and marble will now by levied 18% under the GST.
- Bus conductor, now cleared of murder charge in Ryan school case, to file case against police officers: After arresting a Class 11 student for the murder, the CBI said it was also investigating the role of a second student.
- Supreme Court turns down plea to give Hindus in seven states and one Union Territory minority status: The court told the petitioner to approach the National Commission for Minorities.
- Tipu Jayanti celebrated amid tight security in Karnataka, Section 144 imposed in Kodagu district: Protestors pelted stones at a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation bus in Madikeri town.
- Padmavati will not be banned in Rajasthan, assures Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria: The sentiments of communities depicted in the movie will also be taken care of, the minister added.
- JNU fines four students for cooking and eating biryani near administration block, say reports: The students have been ordered to pay the fines ranging between Rs 6,000 and Rs 10,000.
- Father of victim in Jisha rape and murder case found dead near his home in Kerala: His death comes as the court began a final hearing of the rape and murder case of Jisha.
- US will no longer tolerate ‘chronic trade abuses’, Donald Trump says at economic summit in Vietnam: He added that the US is ready to sign bilateral trade agreements with any Indo-Pacific nation that will abide by the principles of fair and reciprocal trade.
- Former nurse in Germany may have killed at least 100 patients, say police: Niels Hoegel was sentenced to life for trying to play the hero by injecting fatal doses of heart medication to two patients and then attempting to revive them.
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